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Some of the pressing factors tugging at markets in recent months have lost a bit of their urgency. Earnings season has come and gone with hardly a murmur, Russia is more simmer than boil at this point, and, every once in a while, 20 minutes will pass without someone mentioning the taper (unless you’re listening to a Jeff Gundlach presentation).

This relatively quiet period is reflected in a stock market content to drift around these levels until the next big shake up happens.

Flat performances, wandering “wolves”, bewilderment over 11-digit price tags and a pall of disinterest settling over the whole corrupt show. Art has imitated life — or, more appropriately, sport has imitated Wall Street — in recent weeks. Just look at that smirking bear over there.

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